2008/11/15 Johnny Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I just want to check with you guys before filing this suggestion for > additional feature. > > I created a chart a while ago from a spreadsheet. I add data to the > spreadsheet almost every day so eventually there will be thousands of rows > to process. I have date on the X axis and SEK (Swedish currency, sing. > "Krona", pl. "Kronor") on the Y axis. First I made a very big chart, > covering all the 1024 columns and a few hundred rows. However this didn't > work. It was very slow, and after several minutes it hadn't even started to > draw the chart… So I made it a lot smaller, maybe 100 columns and 200 rows. > This was still very slow but at least it worked. > > What i want to do, is to see the day by day details (which can't be seen if > I make the chart too small) and still be able to see everything, from day > one until today, by just scrolling the whole spreadsheet. > > So my idea was some kind of scrollable line chart. Of course this could be > done in many different ways and the design options are probably several, but > my idea is that when the mouse pointer points at the chart, it turns to a > hand. Clicking the left mouse button and moving the pointer would then move > the surface of the chart. The X and Y axises shouldn't move, however their > values should change to the appropriate value, depending on the mouse > pointer movement. Maybe the user should press Ctrl or Alt or something to > make this happen, to avoid conflict with other chart features. > > This makes it possible to make big charts small. Then I could make a chart > smaller than the screen and still be able to see detailed data that > otherwise would require a chart, several screens wide. > > Or, in other words, I would like a chart that I can scroll inside, rather > than having to scroll the spreadsheet itself. > > The reason that I write this is to see if I'm the only one who would like > to see this feature. I so I guess I'd be better of searching for an > alternative to OpenOffice.org rather than to annoy the developers with my > ridiculous suggestions… > > So what do you think? Is this a good or bad idea? Or can it be done > already? > > Thanks for listening > > J.R. > And maybe there should be a zoom button somewhere too…
J.R. again
